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Edible: Leaves, Salt, Fruit, Vegetable

A small tree or shrub. It grows up to 1.5-7 m tall. It often has several stems. The young branches are reddish brown. The bark is smooth and grey to brown. The leaf stalk is 5-10 mm long. The leaves are oval. They are 2.5-8.5 cm long by 0.9-3.6 cm wide. They are leathery. There are 7-11 side veins on each side of the main vein. The midrib is easily seen under the leaf. The flower arrangement is made up of flowers from a common point arranged on stalks of equal length. They arise from a knob like point. The fruit are curved and like a cylinder up to 8 cm long by 5-6 mm across. They taper to a sharp point.

A tropical plant. It grows in tropical and warm temperate areas. It occurs along banks of tidal creeks. It is also on the seaward edge of mangroves. It can grow in brackish and salty water. It likes light.

Common Names: Horned mangrove, River Mangrove, Cat, Dudumara, Halsi, Kanjala, Khalshi, La zhu guo, Narikandam, Su, Teruntum, Tra, Truntung

Synonyms: 

Rhizophora corniculata L.;
Aegiceras majus Gaertner;
Aegiceras fragrans K.D.Koenig;
Umbraculum corniculatum (L.) Kuntze;